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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]The Honorverse stuff seems very drama-queen from what fans have told me and the shp designs killed any interest. But are those really accurate to the descriptions in the novels?[/QUOTE]They certainly can be melodramatic and the author tends to hit the proverbial historical allegory/technological anachronism nail a little too squarely on the head...plus the title character is almost a textbook "Mary Sue" type. As for the descriptions...It's been a while but I don't recall the wording, but the impression I was left with was that the author was more interested in droning on and on about the technical specs than giving the reader a vivid mental picture of the things. One can't help but get the impression the man would rather have been writing pen & paper RPG rule books than a sci-fi adventure novel. Even writers like Clarke, Sagan and Asimov managed to convey very technical concepts in a manner that instilled a sense of wonder. So yeah, those diagrams are "consistent" with the descriptions as I recall them, they're just not terribly imaginative. [QUOTE]It's something that's always bothered me about B5: we dont really know who designed what! With Trek, we can say "Andy Probery designed the Warbord" but with B5, we cant credit anyone? That's annoying.[/QUOTE]If you really want to know who did what and what the inspirations were then I highly recommend visiting [URL=http://www.themadgoner.com/B5/B5Scrolls/B5Scrolls.htm]this site[/URL]. The guy appears to have spoken to most of the major players and has managed to attribute *most* of the designs. In fairness, it was a long time ago and with the rate at which these guys were putting out content it's no wonder that nobody can remember exactly who did what. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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